Lawsuit gives Sunset Beach a reprieve in annexation battle

Residents of the coastal enclave, angry about new taxes that will be imposed when they become part of Huntington Beach, file suit to scuttle the annexation approved last month.

After 106 years, the Orange County coastal enclave of Sunset Beach was set to disappear next week — if not in spirit, then at least on official maps — with its annexation by the city of Huntington Beach.